Suitable for law and criminology students and their instructors, this title provides a framework for students to understand and analyse the practical applications and consequences of the criminal law in Australia. It gives the techniques to research and analyse the operation of criminal justice.

Introduction Part 1 Criminal Law and Justice in Context 1. Locating crime and justice 2. Processing problems with the criminal law 3. Criminal Law: Problem Solving Part 2 Problems in Context 4. Establishing criminal liability 5. Elements of the offences 6. Solving problems for the criminal lawTopic 1 Crime and societyTopic 2 Colonisation and the imposition of the criminal lawTopic 3 Criminal justice I: Police powersTopic 4 Criminal justice II: Court-room Justice?Topic 5 Criminal justice III: DiscretionTopic 6 Constructing the truth: Bail and verdictTopic 7 Determining criminal liability I: Volition and capacityTopic 8 Determining criminal liability II: Elements of the offenceTopic 9 Determining criminal liability III: Exceptions to liability, participation and preparatory offencesTopic 10 Assault: Domestic violenceTopic 11 Sexual assault and law reformTopic 12 Homicide ITopic 13 Homicide IITopic 14 Homicide IIITopic 15 Factors affecting liability ITopic 16 Factors Affecting Liability II: Duress and NecessityTopic 17 Factors affecting liability IIITopic 18 Factors affecting liability IVTopic 19 Factors affecting liability VTopic 20 Property offences: Dishonest acquisition ITopic 21 Property offences: Dishonest acquisition IITopic 22 Sentencing and punishment ITopic 23 Sentencing and punishment IIBibliography Index